The theatre has been a monument historique of France since 1923. The company now uses the Palais Garnier mainly for ballet. It was the primary theatre of the Paris Opera and its associated Paris Opera Ballet until 1989, when a new opera house, the Opéra Bastille, opened at the Place de la Bastille. Initially referred to as le nouvel Opéra de Paris (the new Paris Opera), it soon became known as the Palais Garnier, "in acknowledgment of its extraordinary opulence" and the architect Charles Garnier's plans and designs, which are representative of the Napoleon III style. It was built for the Paris Opera from 1861 to 1875 at the behest of Emperor Napoleon III. They are immersed in the utilisation of the body, the person and the human soul.The Palais Garnier ( French: ( listen), Garnier Palace), also known as Opéra Garnier ( French: ( listen), Garnier Opera), is a 1,979-seat opera house at the Place de l'Opéra in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. “It can never be said that my ballets are abstract. Here, there are no sets or costumes: purity of movement has pride of place. The skillful convolutions of his pas de deux are also evident in his “black and white” ballets. Balanchine's style - he was trained in the Russian technique by the greatest ballet masters - is not monolithic and contains numerous references, evoking both the Imperial Ballet and character dances.īalanchine also retained a penchant for a corps de ballet made up of numerous performers he liked the interlacing arms that linked the dancers together as their legs criss-crossed across the stage. Always in total symbiosis with the score, his ballets allow us to hear the dance and see the music.
This season, Who Cares? and Ballet Imperial are entering the Opera’s repertoire, the first being about Broadway and musicals to Gershwin's songs and the other about the imperial Russia of Balanchine’s childhood.įrom narrative ballets to abstract pieces, the choreographer’s body of work is rich and varied. Today, the Ballet repertoire includes more than thirty of his pieces, all of them reflecting the different styles and inspirations of this neoclassical master. In 1947, the choreographer was invited to stage three of his ballets: the same year, he created Le Palais de cristal for the Company. The Paris Opera has always had a special relationship with George Balanchine.
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